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Geneva, November 8th-9th, 2025

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LOT 144

LONGINES, SWITZERLAND, ''TORPEDO-BOAT WATCH'', “TORPEDO-BOAT WATCH”, FIRST-CLASS NEUCHÂTEL OBSERVATORY CHRONOMETER, CALIBRE 24.99, 50-HOUR POWER RESERVE, 925 STERLING SILVER

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

HKD 19,100 - 38,200 / USD 2,500 - 4,900 / EUR 2,200 - 4,400 / JPY 384,000 - 770,000

A very fine, heavy, over-size and rare, sterling silver, manual wind open face, keyless deck and pocket ''Chronometre de bord'' lever Chronometer with Guillaume balance. Silver dial, subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o'clock, blue steel spade hands, with 50 hours power reserve indication (sector at 12 o'clock).


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Brand Longines, Switzerland

Model ''Torpedo-boat watch''

Year Circa 1915

Movement No. 2517936

Case No. 2517936

Caliber 51 mm., 19 jewels, lever escapement, index-regulator with swan-neck spring and precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail, adjusted to 3 positions

Diameter 68 mm.

Signature Dial, case and movement

Accessories Accompanied by copies of the results from the Neuchâtel Observatory Trials of 1919 and 1920, and from the United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., in 1922. Original wooden deck box